Cynthia M. Lummis
Republican
· WY Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Committee on Banking (Chair) · Senate Committee on Commerce (Chair) · and Nuclear Innovation and Safety (Chair) · and Water (Chair) · and Urban Affairs · and Community Development · and Investment · and Transportation · and Broadband · and Data Privacy · and Competitiveness · and Ports · and Export Promotion · Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · and Nuclear Safety
Influence Score
60.2
Moderately exposed
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
4.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$109,498
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$237
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.9
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.5
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.2
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
9.7
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.2
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
4.2
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $38.74M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $77K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 61.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 37.2 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 60.2 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION
Total money from this network
$54,749
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Network
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION
Share from this one network
16.2%
Amount from this network
$238,562
Total from all networks
$1,476,312
Networks contributing
265
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Who funds Lummis
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$863,598
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
1.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
3
Money that arrived near votes
$14K
Distinct donors
5
Distinct employers
3
Share of their total fundraising
2.64%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
FOUNDERS FUND
$1K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$800
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$800
CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.31M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
CHARTER
$2.64M
CHARTER
$2.51M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.23M
BOEING
$2.05M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$2.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.00M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.87M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$1.86M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.84M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$1.68M
HOMEMAKER
$1.56M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$1.49M
DELTA AIR LINES
$1.48M
CHARTER
$1.41M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Cynthia M. Lummis comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION
$871K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$17K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$2K
REALLY AMERICAN PAC
$237
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC PAC
$66
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
8 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $315K to Cynthia M. Lummis across 29 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$315K
Shared contributors
8
Contributions
29
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 4 | $23K |
| 2024 | 2 | 9 | $140K |
| 2026 | 7 | 16 | $152K |
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Cynthia M. Lummis sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required